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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

Mencius

If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness

The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

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